title: Unstable nucleotide repeat minireview series: a molecular biography of unstable repeat disorders.
abstract: Expansion of an unstable nucleotide repeat is a mutational mechanism that is apparently unique to humans and is known to cause a variety of neurological disorders. This collection of minireviews examines several of these unstable repeats, focusing on those where there is considerable molecular information on how the mutation alters function.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Genetics and the Department of Biochemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA. orrxx002@umn.edu
authors.forename: Harry T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Orr
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D042822:Genomic Instability / Q000235:genetics; D020271:Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*